Reduced Cortical Thickness of Brain Areas Involved in Pain Processing in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 434-438.e1

  Frøkjær, Jens Brøndum ^a   Bouwense, Stefan A W ^b   Olesen, Søren Schou ^a   Lundager, Flemming H ^a   Eskildsen, Simon F ^c   van Goor, Harry ^b   Wilder Smith, Oliver H G ^b   Drewes, Asbjørn Mohr ^a,c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroplasticity; Pain response; Reorganization

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PAIN; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 84858705515     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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